Allegedly, on or about 21 January 2018, Gordon Messmer sent:
You don't need "-d" to remove directories. The
"-r" option will do
that. The "-d" option removes *empty* directories.
Well, that'd explain the success in deleting things (they weren't
empty). Though I would have expected the command to just ignore an
unnecessary option, rather than complain about it being invalid.
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[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
Linux 4.14.13-200.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jan 11 05:43:34 UTC 2018 x86_64
Boilerplate: All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted.
There is no point trying to privately email me, I only get to see
the messages posted to the mailing list.
Ha ha ha ha...
(I couldn't think of a good joke, so I supplied a laugh track, instead.)